1908 Season

Western Independent Clubs

1907 / 1909

Top Hitter

Pete
Hill

Top Pitcher

Dicta
Johnson

Leaders

OPS+

#	Player	Team	OPS+
1	Pete Hill	LEL	173
2	Fred Hutchinson	CIU/ABC	149
3	John Merida	ABC	149
4	Todd Allen	ABC	115
5	Rube Foster	LEL	109
6	Pete Booker	LEL	105
7	Bobby Winston	LEL	101
8	Joe Green	CIU	99
9	Ginney Robinson	CIU	92
10	Danger Talbert	LEL	91

Wins

#	Player	Team	W
1	Rube Foster	LEL	5
2	Walter Ball	LEL	4
3	Dicta Johnson	ABC	3
4	Billy Norman	LEL/CIU	2
5	Emmett Bowman	LEL	1
6	William Dewberry	LEL	1
7	Robert Higbee	ABC	1
8	Tom Means	CIU	1
9	Page	LEL	1
10	William Sublette	LEL	1

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Chicago Leland Giants	WES	190.2	1.44	8.2%	10.6%	0.78	0.1%
2	Indianapolis ABCs	WES	81.0	1.37	13.8%	6.2%	2.23	1.7%
3	Chicago Union Giants	WES	77.1	1.20	8.9%	5.1%	1.76	1.8%
	3	1	349.0	1.37	9.7%	8.4%	1.16	0.9%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Rube Foster	LEL	SP	54.0	1.19	11.5%	8.0%	1.44	0.4%
2	Walter Ball	LEL	SP	45.2	1.25	7.3%	8.9%	0.82	0.0%
3	Dicta Johnson	ABC	SP	38.2	1.16	14.6%	4.5%	3.29	1.9%
4	William Dewberry^	LEL	SP	31.0	1.87	6.0%	14.1%	0.43	0.0%
5	Billy Norman^	LEL/CIU	SP	29.0	1.17	18.0%	6.6%	2.75	0.0%
6	Walter Taylor	CIU	SP	24.2	1.50	3.5%	6.1%	0.57	0.9%
7	Robert Higbee^	ABC	SP	24.1	1.68	14.7%	7.8%	1.89	1.7%
8	Rube Washington^	ABC	SP	18.0	1.39	11.1%	7.4%	1.50	1.2%
9	Mack Ramsey^	CIU	RP	11.1	1.41	13.2%	5.7%	2.33	5.7%
10	Dick Garrison^	LEL	SP	11.0	1.55	3.8%	7.5%	0.50	0.0%
11	Emmett Bowman	LEL	SP	9.0	1.00	5.7%	11.4%	0.50	0.0%
12	Page^	LEL	SP	9.0	2.00	0.0%	18.2%	0.00	0.0%
13	William Sublette^	LEL	SP	9.0	1.22	2.8%	8.3%	0.33	0.0%
14	Frank Talbott*	CIU	SP	9.0	0.67	8.8%	2.9%	3.00	0.0%
15	Wild Bill West^	CIU	SP	9.0	1.00	5.4%	2.7%	2.00	2.7%
16	Tom Means	CIU	SP	7.0	1.29	20.0%	3.3%	6.00	0.0%
17	E. W. Haynes^	CIU	RP	5.1	1.69	3.8%	7.7%	0.50	3.8%
18	Halfacre^	LEL	RP	4.0	3.25	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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